TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

April 29, 1992

A jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by several days of rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1429

Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English.

1798

Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation” was rehearsed in Vienna, Austria, before an invited audience.

1817

Representatives of the United States and Britain concluded the Rush-Bagot Agreement, which limited the number of naval vessels allowed in the Great Lakes.

1861

The Maryland House of Delegates voted 53-13 against seceding from the Union. In Montgomery, Alabama, President Jefferson Davis asked the Confederate Congress for the authority to wage war.

1916

The Easter Rising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities.

1945

During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his “Fuhrerbunker” and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz president.